Is it reasonable to ask to pay rent each month after cutting lease?

So I am buying a home and have to cut my lease to my apartment. I was under the impression that I would have to pay my monthly rent until they found another renter. Now they are saying I have to pay the remainder all at once. I’m am speaking with them Friday to see if I can pay monthly until they find a new tenant and not all of the remaining months at once. I’m buying my first home and this cause a great inconvenience.

Literally there is no mention off cutting the lease which is shocking. My other apartments made it very clear in the lease. It talks about you terminating your lease while being behind on rent but not about paying your rent on time and cutting your lease.

If there is a special rule for the military there should be a base rule for everybody else.

I don't see how that follows. There are laws that establish special protections for military renters, and leases often repeat lawful responsibilities even if those responsibilities would still exist absent of the verbiage.

Similarly, there are state laws regarding early lease termination. /u/FutureMicrosoftGuy can crosspost to /r/legaladvice to possibly get a more confident answer. Make sure you tell them you are in Washington.

The laws vary state by state. Ask your closing attorney in passing for local advice.

Generally, landlords cannot double-charge for a month. Meaning, if someone moves in on Jan 1 and you already paid January rent, they have to refund you that rent minus whatever loss they took if the new rent is lower.

Also, generally, even in states without specific laws saying this, most tenant friendly magistrates impose a duty in the landlord to mitigate the harm. Meaning they have to try and rent it and cannot just let it sit there empty for the remainder of the lease. Also this means if you find a qualified replacement renter, they really can’t say no.

I live in a pretty tenant friendly area. When I did the same thing (bought a house midway through a lease) I told my landlord and he demanded full payment like yours. I offered them one month extra, he said no. So I moved out as I planned and just didn’t pay. His lawyer sent me a demand letter. I had my lawyer send him a demand letter back for my security deposit. Then nothing. He knows 9/10 he will lose in small claims court. I don’t feel like its worth my time to go to small claims for that security deposit. In a way, I forced him to accept my offer, which I thought was fair anyway.

I mean I’m willing to pay (obligated legally) every month it’s not occupied. The whole pay everything at once is BS. If I don’t pay my monthly rent obligation, then consider it abandonment and screw my credit over. They are just being impossible.

It also surprisingly doesn’t talk about cutting of the lease in the lease other than telling them you are dropping the lease and are also behind on rent.

If a tenant breaks a lease, the landlord can mitigate their damages by continuing to charge the tenant rent until they’re able to re-rent the unit. If a landlord has to re-rent the unit at a lower amount than what is stated in the lease, the tenant can be charged the difference for the remainder of the lease period.